The Covered Market

PRESTON

SD5329NE MARKET STREET 941-1/9/203 (East side) 27/09/79 The Covered Market

GV II

Covered market. 1870-75, designed by Garlick, Park & Sykes; constructed first by Joseph Clayton of Preston, then by P.D.Bennett & Co of West Bromwich, and finally by Willam Allsup. Cast-iron columns, wrought-iron girders and principals with tension bars, hipped slate roof with red ridge tiles. Rectangular plan on east-west axis. A tall open-sided structure, following a downward slope from east to west, 13x3 bays. The columns have square pedestals with dog-toothed panels, 3 marked "J.CLAYTON PRESTON" and 31 with "W.ALLSUP" superimposed, clustered shafts with foliated caps, and large open-work brackets carrying trellis girders with applied ornamentation; attached at right-angles to the girders are prominent curved open-work brackets to oversailing eaves. Roof of close-set principals with wrought-iron tension bars. History: collapsed while under construction, August 1870; completion delayed by disputes between designer and contractors, and by appeal to Sir William Fairbairn. Forms group with Fish Market (q.v.) and Amounderness House (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD5398429579